Contact with dogs is associated with improved survival in cancer patients [PDF]
Scientific ReportsFor cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and asthma, the positive effects of dog ownership are shown. Cancer is a leading cause of death, but the influence of dogs on cancer incidence and survival is not well examined.
Robert Preissner +3 more
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Designing programs for eliminating canine rabies from islands: Bali, Indonesia as a case study [PDF]
, 2013 <p>Background: Canine rabies is one of the most important and feared zoonotic diseases in the world. In some regions rabies elimination is being successfully coordinated, whereas in others rabies is endemic and continues to spread to uninfected ...
AAG Putra +51 more
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Hypertrophic osteopathy and bone metastases in a dog with prostatic carcinoma [PDF]
Ciência Rural, 2020 : Prostatic carcinomas in are aggressive neoplasms and bone metastases may occur; however, hypertrophic osteopathy associated with that condition is poorly documented.
Andréia Vielmo +4 more
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Brown Dog Tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille (Arachnida: Acari: Ixodidae)
EDIS, 2020 The brown dog tick is unusual among ticks in that it can complete its entire life cycle indoors as well as outdoors. Brown dog tick infestations can develop in dog kennels and residences, where populations can reach dramatic levels and cause dog ...
Yuexun Tian +2 more
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Predicting preventive behaviors on Dog-Borne Zoonoses using the Health Belief Model
Annals of Tropical Research, 2023 Due to the risks posed by dog-borne zoonotic diseases, a cross-sectional survey was carried out on: (1) respondents’ socio-demographic characteristics and prior exposure to dog-borne risks; (2) respondents’ knowledge, risk perceptions and preventive ...
Eula Dee A. Lañada +2 more
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Community perceptions of free-roaming dogs and management practices in villages at the periphery of a protected area in Bhutan [PDF]
, 2020 In Bhutan, free-roamingdogs pose health hazards to human, livestock, andwildlife. Understanding the perceptions and practices of local communitiesregarding free-roaming dogs is important to mitigate negative impacts. A community-based study was conducted
De Garine-Wichatitsky, Michel +4 more
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A Novel Genome-Wide Association Study Approach Using Genotyping by Exome Sequencing Leads to the Identification of a Primary Open Angle Glaucoma Associated Inversion Disrupting ADAMTS17 [PDF]
, 2015 Closed breeding populations in the dog in conjunction with advances in gene mapping and sequencing techniques facilitate mapping of autosomal recessive diseases and identification of novel disease-causing variants, often using unorthodox experimental ...
A McKenna +27 more
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VETERINARY PSYCHOLOGY: DOG BEHAVIORAL DISEASES
Environmental Smoke, 2023 Animal behavior is closely linked to the process of evolution of nervous tissues that move towards the cephalic region, promoting the creation of a central nervous system with greater proximity to the sense organs, providing an increasing increase in ...
Gil Dutra Furtado +1 more
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The Design Challenges for Dog Ownership and Dog Walking in Dense Urban Areas: The Case of Japan
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 There has been growing interest in the role of pet ownership, particularly dog ownership, in managing noncommunicable diseases. The built environment can act as a facilitator or barrier to owning a dog or dog walking.
Mohammad Javad Koohsari +9 more
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Computational Studies of the Structural Stability of Rabbit Prion Protein Compared to Human and Mouse Prion Proteins [PDF]
, 2011 Prion diseases are invariably fatal and highly infectious neurodegenerative diseases affecting humans and animals. The neurodegenerative diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseases, Gerstmann-Str$\ddot{a}$ussler ...
Zhang, Jiapu
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